Dress-shield.



PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.-

M. G. TILNEY. DRESS SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1902.

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MARY GARNER TILNEY, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,057, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed Tune 10, 1902. Serial No. 110,956. (No model.)

To aZl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY GARNER TILNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Dress-Shield, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in dress-arm shields, the object being to provide a simple means for s securing a shield in place that it may be readily removed when desired and obviating sewing.

I will describe a dress-shield embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a dress shield embodying my invention and showing the same in place. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 00 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of afastening-device member employed, and Fig. lshows the shield and the location of the several fastening devices.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the inner section of the shield,and 2 the outer section thereof. The fastening devices are secured to the upper portion of the two shield members at the sides. Each fastening device consists of a pin 3, attached to one member of the shield and having an enlarged head 4. The other member of the fastening device consists of a disk 5, secured to the other section or member of the shield, and this disk has inwardlyextended yielding fingers 6, between the ends of which the enlarged portion 4 of the pin 3 is to be passed. These pins 3 are to be forced through the material of the dress-waist or the like at the seam portion connecting the sleeve to the body, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the points are covered by guard-plates 5, attached to the plates 5.

The member 1 of the shield is provided at one side near the lower portion with a tape 6, which extends outward, and from the end of this tape and extended at substantially right angles thereto are two flaps 7 8. On these flaps the fastening devices are secured. These fastening devices are designed to engage with the seam-lap at the inner side of the body portion of the waist, as indicated in Fig. l. A similar tape 9 is attached to the inner member 2 of the dress-shield and has two flaps 10 11, to which the fastening devices are secured, these fastening devices being de signed to engage with the seam-lap at the inner side of the sleeve.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A dress-shield, comprising inner and outer members, tapes extended outward from said members near the lower portion, flaps extended from said tapes, and fastening devices on said tapes.

2. A dress-shield, comprising inner and outer members, fastening devices attached to the members at, the upper portion, tapes extended outward from-the members near the lower portion,flaps'on said tapes and extended substantially-at right angles thereto, and fastening-device members on the tapes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY GARNER TILNEY.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK EGENER, EMMA L. DANDESA. 

